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Kirkcaldy Parks Trail

Name: Kirkcaldy Parks Trail
Start: 2025-08-30
End: 2025-08-30
Location: Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom • 30 Aug 2025

Kirkcaldy Parks Trail 2025 is a roughly 5-mile trail race held as part of the Kirkcaldy Parks Running Festival in Dunnikier Park, Kirkcaldy. The course starts and finishes in Dunnikier Park and winds through the gently undulating surrounding woodland and the tracks around the outside of the golf course before returning to the park. Runners navigate a mixed surface profile—grass, tarmac, gravel, soft trail and field edges—so suitable footwear is advised. The event runs under UK Athletics Rules as a Scottish Athletics permit event, with a 2-hour time limit. It’s a non-profit, inclusive festival feature supporting Maggie’s Fife, scheduled for 30 August 2025. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United Kingdom Scotland Kirkcaldy

Race information

Website Registration

5 mi

5 Miles

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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